Simulated Mars-flight Sodium and Hypertension Study (SMASH Study): efficacy trial on the salt/blood pressure relationship
Although the evidence for a direct relationship between salt intake and blood pressure is widely accepted, there is controversy on whether this effect translates into increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in populations with high dietary salt consumption. This current controversy is not necessarily a dispassionate and balanced factual discussion in the search for a consensus of informed opinion, but has an emotional content. According to Beard and Stowasser, confusing the terms efficacy and effectiveness may invalidate important conclusions drawn after analysis of randomised, controlled studies (RCTs) on the interaction between salt and health. Efficacy refers to the impact of an intervention that is fully applied (e.g. during a controlled clinical trial), differing from effectiveness which refers to the impact in real world situations.
Natalia Rakova
State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Khoroshevskoye Shosse 76 A, Moscow 123007, Russia
国际会议
西安
英文
37-38
2008-12-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）